Nintendo Switch’s latest update adds custom controls feature
Plus the ability to transfer digital games and DLC to an SD card
Nintendo has released a new firmware update for Switch, adding a number of features including the ability to customise controls.
Ver 10.0.0. allows users to remap controller buttons and sticks on both Joy-Cons and the Pro Controller, with up to five configurations able to be saved.
The feature should prove useful for those with accessibility issues, or looking to bring Switch’s face button configuration in line with that of PS4 and Xbox One.
The latest firmware also introduces the ability to transfer downloadable software, update data, and DLC from the system memory to an SD card (but not save data).
Finally, Ver 10.0.0. adds new Display Activity settings and five new Animal Crossing: New Horizons profile icons. See the full list of changes below.
Nintendo Switch Ver. 10.0.0. Update
Added a bookmark feature to News.
This feature allows you to bookmark your favorite news items.
- A maximum of 300 news items can be bookmarked.
- An internet connection is required to view bookmarked News items.
- News items that are no longer available cannot be viewed, even if they were bookmarked.
Added an option to transfer software data between the system memory and an SD card.
- Users can now transfer downloadable software, update data, and DLC from the system memory to an SD card (and vice versa).
- Note that save data and some update data cannot be transferred to an SD card.
Added an option to remap the controller buttons.
- Analog stick and button configurations can now be changed for each paired controller.
- Custom configurations can be saved as favorites in System Settings > Controllers and Sensors.
- Custom configurations are stored on the Nintendo Switch system.
- Configurations can be customized for the following controllers: Joy-Con (L), Joy-Con (R), Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Button configurations can also be customized on the Nintendo Switch Lite system.
- This feature is not available for other controllers.
- On each system, up to five favorite custom configurations can be saved for Joy-Con (L), five for Joy-Con (R), five for Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. Five configurations can also be saved as favorites for Nintendo Switch Lite.
Added a new section in User Settings for Play Activity Settings.
- The options for “Display play activity to:” and “Delete Play Activity” have been moved from Friends Settings to the new Play Activity Settings.
Added new selections to the lineup of user profile icons.
- Select from 6 new icons from the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game for your user.
General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.
